Nukespeak
 Paperback edition | |
| Author | Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell, Rory O'Connor |
|---|---|
| Original title | Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset |
| Language | English |
| Subject | language and nuclear weapons and nuclear power |
| Published | 1982 |
| Publisher | Penguin (paperback) Sierra Club Books (hardback) |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 282 |
| Awards | National Council of Teachers of English 1982 "George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language " |
| ISBN | 9780140066845 |
Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions and Mindset is a 1982 book by Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell and Rory O'Connor. This book is a concise history of nuclear weapons and nuclear power in the United States, with special emphasis on the language of the "nuclear mindset".[1][2]
The National Council of Teachers of English gave the book's authors an Orwell Award in 1982.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "BOOKS OF THE TIMES (Published 1982)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14.
- ^ Gerald H. Clarfield and William M. Wiecek (1984). Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940-1980, Harper & Row, New York, p. 471.
- ^ "Past Recipients of the NCTE Orwell Award" (PDF). National Council of Teachers of English. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-06-11.